Don't know about Mary Harris, but Thomas Ligon himself is descended from Edward III: Selected Descendants of Edward III of England 1 King Edward III of England ref #: F229:12 1312 - 1377 -- +Philippa de Hainault ref #: Ä103-34 1314 - 1369 2 Sir John of Gaunt aka: John Plantagenet ref #: PA14:11 1339/40 - 1398/99 ----- +Katherine de Röet aka: Katherine Swynford ref #: (PA14:11) 1350 - 1403 --- 3 Cardinal Henry Beaufort aka: Bishop of Winchester;Lord Chancellor of England ref #: (PA14:11) 1375 - 1447 -------- +Alice FitzAlan ref #: (PA144:12) 1374 - ------ 4 Jane Beaufort aka: Joan Beaufort ref #: (PA144:12) 1391 - ---------- +Sir Edward Stradling ref #: (Ä199A-33) 1389 - 1453 -------- 5 Katherine Stradling ref #: (see notes) ------------- +Morris Dennis ref #: (see notes) ----------- 6 Sir Walter Dennis aka: Knt. ref #: (see notes) ---------------- +Agnes Danvers ref #: (PA114:5) -------------- 7 Sir William Dennis aka: Knt. ref #: (PA114:5) - 1533 ------------------- +Anne Berkeley ref #: PA114:5 ----------------- 8 Eleanor Dennis ref #: (PA114:5) - 1585/86 --------------------- +William Ligon ref #: PA217:3 1512 - 1567 ------------------- 9 Thomas Lygon ref #: PA218:2 1545 - 1603 ------------------------ +Frances Dennis ref #: (PA218:2) - 1625 ---------------------- 10 Thomas Ligon ref #: PA219:1 1577 - 1626 --------------------------- +Elizabeth Pratt ref #: (PA219:1) 1602 - 1631 ------------------------- 11 Lt. Col. Thomas Ligon ref #: (PA219:1) 1623/24 - FWIW; AFAIK; IMHO; YMMV; yadda, yadda, yadda. Regards, Ed Mann mailto:edlmann@earthlink.net Reference shown is only one of possibly several sources for this individual. Not all data shown is necessarily from this source. References: Ä = Weis, _Ancestral_Roots_, 7th ed. AACPW = Roberts & Reitwiesner, _American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales_, [page]. AAP = Roberts, _Ancestors_of_American_Presidents_, [page] or [Pres. # : page]. BP1 = _Burke's_Presidential_Families_, 1st ed. [page]. BPci = _Burke's_Peerage_, 101st ed., [page]. BRF = Weir, _Britain's_Royal_Families_, [page]. BxP = _Burke's_Dormant_&_Extinct_Peerages_, [page]. EC1 = Redlich, _Emperor_Charlemagne's_Descendants_, Vol I, [page]. EC2 = Langston & Buck, _Emperor_Charlemagne's_Descendants_, Vol II, [page]. EC3 = Buck & Beard, _Emperor_Charlemagne's_Descendants_, Vol II, [page]. F = Faris, _Plantagenet_Ancestry_, [page:para]. NK1 = Roberts, _Notable_Kin_Volume_One_, [page]. NK2 = Roberts, _Notable_Kin_Volume_Two_, [page]. O = Hardy, Colonial_Families_of_the_Southern_States_of_America, [pg]. PA = Faris, _Plantagenet_Ancestry_, 2d ed. [page:para]. S = Stuart, _Royalty_for_Commoners_, 2d ed. Caveat lector. W = Weis, _Magna_Charta_Sureties,_1215_, 4th ed. WFT = Broderbund's World Family Tree CD, [vol]:[num] Caveat lector. WMC = Wurt's Magna Charta, [vol]:[page] Caveat lector. ----- Original Message ----- From: <favreoaks@comcast.net> To: <PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 11:45 AM Subject: [PDP] Proof of descendancy? > Hello, > I am fairly new to family history research and very new to research on this branch of my family, so I hope you will forgive what may be a "dumb" question. > > First some background. About 40 years ago my mother was given a family history by my cousin, her nephew. At the time, I was a young wife and mother and thought it was interesting but I had no time to indulge in further explorations or explanations. Now that I am old, I am vitally interested and would like to know how I should go about authenticating the family history my cousin compiled. > The cousin is deceased and there are no sources listed for most of the information, only occasionally is there reference to a source document. > > In the history my cousin states, "Col. Thomas Ligon was born in England and came to VA abt. 1641. He died in 1675. He married Mary Harris and Mary is descended from Edward III, King of England, and thus from William the Conqueror, through Lionel Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence and his daughter Phllippe, who m. Edward Mortimer, Earl of March, and their daughter Elizabeth, who m. Sir Henry Percy, (Hotspur of Shakespeare's 'Henry IV'). We descended through the Percy and later the Harris lines for 12 generations, etc., etc." > > Can anyone tell me how I should proceed? > Any help or advice will be appreciated, > Emily Elstrott in Washington State > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >